Pathology – Anatomic and Clinical Residency
Mission & Vision
The mission of our department is to support excellent service for our patient population through achieving outstanding laboratory diagnostic services, providing high-quality education to our trainees and contributing to medical research. This is only possible with attracting and retaining world-class faculty members, trainees, laboratory staff and administrative personnel all working toward the same goals and sharing the vision and spirit of an outstanding academic medical center.
High standards in resident and fellow education not only reassures the quality and continuity of care by generating the next generation of leading physician specialists, but also provides a stimulating environment for faculty while enhancing patient care within the institution, overall.
Mission & Vision
The mission of our department is to support excellent service for our patient population through achieving outstanding laboratory diagnostic services, providing high-quality education to our trainees and contributing to medical research. This is only possible with attracting and retaining world-class faculty members, trainees, laboratory staff and administrative personnel all working toward the same goals and sharing the vision and spirit of an outstanding academic medical center.
High standards in resident and fellow education not only reassures the quality and continuity of care by generating the next generation of leading physician specialists, but also provides a stimulating environment for faculty while enhancing patient care within the institution, overall.
Program Director’s Welcome
Thank you for your interest in the University of Miami/ Jackson Health System Pathology Residency Training Program.
Our program is committed to provide our trainees with in-depth training in anatomic and clinical pathology. The diverse patient population covered by our three major institutions, including the largest county hospital in the country (Jackson Health System), an NCI-designated cancer center (Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center) and a private health system (UHealth), generates a unique and challenging wealth of pathologic specimens. Together, the three-hospital system has approximately 50,000 surgical specimens, 35,000 cytology examinations, and over 8,000,000 laboratory tests yearly.
Our department offers a subspecialty-based training in all areas of pathology, with renowned experts in the field. The residents also benefit from our large number of fellows who offer guidance and teaching in almost every area of surgical pathology.
The program’s curriculum has been recently redesigned to offer daily didactic sessions, weekly (“unknowns”) microscopic sessions, and a variety of intradepartmental meeting and lectures. We aim to create a rich learning environment with progressive milestones and responsibilities. Our incoming residents are initially paired with senior trainees through a “buddy system”, to ensure proper supervision and progressive independent activities. As the field of pathology evolves, we also emerge our trainees in digitalization and ensure that our residents are always “ahead of the game”.
There are substantial opportunities for clinical and translational research, which is facilitated by our leadership through small intradepartmental grants. The residents are also encouraged to participate in national and international meetings.
We are proud of our mission, vision and values, and we welcome you to our UM/JHS family of physicians.
Sincerely,
Andre Pinto, M.D.
Program Director’s Welcome
Thank you for your interest in the University of Miami/ Jackson Health System Pathology Residency Training Program.
Our program is committed to provide our trainees with in-depth training in anatomic and clinical pathology. The diverse patient population covered by our three major institutions, including the largest county hospital in the country (Jackson Health System), an NCI-designated cancer center (Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center) and a private health system (UHealth), generates a unique and challenging wealth of pathologic specimens. Together, the three-hospital system has approximately 50,000 surgical specimens, 35,000 cytology examinations, and over 8,000,000 laboratory tests yearly.
Our department offers a subspecialty-based training in all areas of pathology, with renowned experts in the field. The residents also benefit from our large number of fellows who offer guidance and teaching in almost every area of surgical pathology.
The program’s curriculum has been recently redesigned to offer daily didactic sessions, weekly (“unknowns”) microscopic sessions, and a variety of intradepartmental meeting and lectures. We aim to create a rich learning environment with progressive milestones and responsibilities. Our incoming residents are initially paired with senior trainees through a “buddy system”, to ensure proper supervision and progressive independent activities. As the field of pathology evolves, we also emerge our trainees in digitalization and ensure that our residents are always “ahead of the game”.
There are substantial opportunities for clinical and translational research, which is facilitated by our leadership through small intradepartmental grants. The residents are also encouraged to participate in national and international meetings.
We are proud of our mission, vision and values, and we welcome you to our UM/JHS family of physicians.
Sincerely,
Andre Pinto, M.D.
Fast Facts
Accreditation
Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education
Number of Residents per Year?
20
Duration of Residency?
4 years
Program Curriculum
Years 1 – 2
During the first two years of training, residents will have anatomic pathology and clinical pathology rotations, as well as junior call.
Years 3 – 4
During the third and fourth year of training, residents will have anatomic pathology and clinical pathology rotations, as well as senior call.
The pathology residency has two main components: anatomic pathology and clinical pathology. Most residents are AP+CP trainees. The four-year training consists of a mixture of rotations in different subspecialty areas. While the emphasis is on the more commonly encountered disease pathologies (breast, dermatopathology, ENT, gastrointestinal, genitourinary, gynecologic, hematopathology), exposure to all subspecialties is observed. Adequate training in autopsy pathology and medicolegal pathology is maintained. Clinical pathology rotations include transfusion medicine, microbiology, molecular pathology and clinical chemistry, among others. Elective rotations are also in place for other topics, quality assurance and translational research projects. During the first quarter of the year, each first year resident is closely supervised and accompanied by designated senior residents, including call hours.
Other than the subspecialty rotations outlined above, resident curriculum includes formal didactic lectures by faculty and case conferences. Resident time is protected for lectures and other resident educational conferences. One-on-one teaching during daily case sign-outs is an important part of diagnostic pathology teaching. AP/CP case conferences, call rounds, grand rounds and tumor boards are among other resources. We also make an effort to provide the latest available versions of web-based pathology teaching modules and online versions of textbooks. Pre-RISE and RISE exams are administered every year.
Our Pathology Education Committee consists of the vice chair of education, program directors, selected faculty members and chief residents. This committee generates the input for developing and maintaining the curriculum, based on faculty and resident feedback. These activities are supervised by the vice chair of education and the department chair. Bi-monthly resident surveys provide anonymized opportunity to give feedback to the department about resident needs and educational performance of the department.
Your Faculty
David M. Andrews, MD
Associate Professor, Clinical Pathology
Medical Director, Jackson Memorial Hospital Laboratories
Jonathan England, MD
Assistant Professor
Associate Program Director, Pathology – Anatomic and Clinical Residency Program
Carmen Gomez-Fernandez, MD
Professor, Pathology
Vice Chair and Director, Education
Sakir Humayun Gultekin, MD
Clinical Professor, Pathology and Neurology
Director of Neuropathology
Merce Jorda, MD, PhD, MBA
Chief, Pathology
Interim Chair
Other members of the Educational Committee include: Drs. Jennifer Chapman; Monica Garcia-Buitrago; Andre Pinto and Julio Poveda.
Alumni Placements Include:
AmeriPath
Brandon Regional Hospital
HCA Healthcare
Joan & Sanford I. Weill Medical College of Cornell University
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
The University of Chicago
UMass Memorial Medical Center
University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Upstate Medical University Syracuse
VCU Health
Alumni Placements Include:
AmeriPath
Brandon Regional Hospital
HCA Healthcare
Joan & Sanford I. Weill Medical College of Cornell University
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
The University of Chicago
UMass Memorial Medical Center
University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Upstate Medical University Syracuse
VCU Health
Notable Alumni
Jennifer Chapman, MD
2010
Assistant Professor of Pathology, University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine
Andre Pinto, MD
2013
Assistant Professor of Pathology and Director of Gynecologic Pathology, University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine
Victoria Sujoy
2014
Pathologist, AmeriPath
Jaylou Velez-Torres, MD
2017
Assistant Professor of Pathology, University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine
Elizabeth Whittington
2015
Associate Pathologist, HCA Healthcare
Jennifer Chapman, MD
2010
Assistant Professor of Pathology, University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine
Andre Pinto, MD
2013
Assistant Professor of Pathology and Director of Gynecologic Pathology, University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine
Victoria Sujoy
2014
Pathologist, AmeriPath
Jaylou Velez-Torres, MD
2017
Assistant Professor of Pathology, University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine
Elizabeth Whittington
2015
Associate Pathologist, HCA Healthcare